On Thursday, “Stoner of the Century” Snoop Dogg, 52, announced that he’s quitting “smoking” in a post that practically broke the internet. But is it an announcement that he’s given up pot, or just a hugely successful stunt? After trying weed in “the seventies” to smoking blunts and copious amounts of bud for a solid […]
Author: Eric Sheetz
Buds in Berlin
Finding weed in Berlin is like going back in time. Sure, Germany has a medical cannabis program but it’s not Oklahoma. The regulations are very strict. You can’t just walk in off the street and start buying flowers and concentrates. It’s true that German legislators are working out plans for cannabis legalization, but adult-use cannabis […]
Montana Judge Pauses New Fees For Weed Dispensaries
A Montana judge has ordered state cannabis regulators to delay the enforcement of steep new fees for marijuana dispensary business licenses while a suit challenging the new fee structure is heard by the courts. The 60-day preliminary injunction was ordered by Lewis and Clark County District Court Judge Mike Menahan, with the move agreed to […]
Top 10 Activities in Arizona To Do This Weekend
November is one of the best times to visit Arizona, where triple-digit temps are the norm, if you don’t want to get baked by the sun. The Grand Canyon State has a lot to offer, particularly this weekend as you gear up for Thanksgiving and Black Friday. On Nov. 2, 2010, Arizona voters enacted Proposition […]
New Report on Cannabis M&A’s Highlights Industry-Wide Changes
A report, issued on Tuesday by Bianchi & Brandt, “assesses the current mergers and acquisitions environment, reflects on the impact of regulatory changes to federal legality—including access to traditional banking—and takes a deep look at the viability of U.S. cannabis operators and global investors who are fueling the industry,” the Arizona law firm said in […]
Smoker Sesh App Wins Cannabis Start-Up Competition at Boston University
In last week’s seventh annual Cannabis Start-Up Competition at Boston University (BU) in Massachusetts, on the same night Ohio became the 24th state to legalize adult-use cannabis, a stoner-friendly app JoinME took home the grand prize. It enables users to locate and meet up and join with stoners who share the same goals and interests. […]
Philippine Court Grants Bail to Critic of Duterte’s Brutal Drug Crackdown
Leila de Lima was granted bail on Monday by a Philippine court, freeing the former senator who had been jailed for more than six years. According to the Associated Press, de Lima “was detained as an opposition senator in February 2017 in what they called political persecution by Duterte and his allies and a major […]
Wyoming Legislative Panel Advances Delta-8 THC Ban
A key Wyoming legislative committee last week voted to advance a bill that would ban hemp products with substances that have psychoactive properties such as delta-8 THC, despite reservations from some members of the panel that the bill has shortcomings. The bill, which seeks to ban psychoactive hemp products, was approved by the legislature’s Joint […]
NASA Is Trying To Extract Oxygen From Space Rocks So Future Astronauts Can Breathe
NASA is taking steps to prepare for future long-term occupation on the Moon by seeking input from the lunar and scientific communities on ways to convert lunar soil and other naturally-occurring compounds into oxygen. The nation’s leading space organization made an announcement Monday asking for input on In-situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) technologies, which in this case […]
Canadian Senate Calls on Government To Improve Psychedelic Research for Veterans
The Canada Senate Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs held a press conference on Nov. 8 to talk about its newest report on psychedelic-assisted therapy. Entitled “The Time is Now: Granting equitable access to psychedelic-assisted therapies,” the report calls for “immediately launch and fund a large-scale research program on psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy for treating those mental disorders and […]